Union suit.



S. JUHN.

UNION SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN,21, m4.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

S. JUHN.

UNION SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED mum, 1014,

1,090,155. Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

@TATES Ulli ll llfilrit COMPANY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A

CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

UNION SUIT.

Original application filed July as, 1913, Serial Specification ofLetters Patent.

Serial No. 813,370.

Patented Mar. 1"}, .llil ilt.

Continuation of application filed January 21,

To all whom it may concern] Be it known that I, SYDNEY Jul-Ix, a citrzenof the United States of Americr, resid- 111g at 1727 Madison avenueQcityof Haitimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Union Suits, oif vwhich the following is a specifiction.

The invention relates to a one-piece undergarment or union suit, andparticularly to a garment having a rear flap opening and permanentlyclosed crotch.

This application is a continuation of my application No. 781,317, tiledJuly 26th, 1913, showing the same garment.

Union. suits with the closud'erotch' have been otl'ered to the trade andare now in use, but they are objectionable because of the unsightly andinconvenient fullness of the crotch which is the previous construction.This defect is more marked when the suit is constrin-t'al of non-elasticmaterial of the kind now largely used in the manufacture of light weightunderwear as nainsook and similar materials, than it is in the case ofthe more elastic knit fabrics, and the present inven tion isparticularly applicable to garments constructed of non-elasticmaterials, though other materials may be used within the scope of theinvention.

To overcome the dilliculty referred to and produce a new, improved andperfectly fitting garment with a posterior flap open ing convenientlyoperable and providing the necessary degree of accessibility, is theobject of my invention. 7

I am aware of the existence of the Johnson Patent No. 793,200 and oi thefact that various garments differing from the one shown in this patentto a slight degree are on sale. These latter garments are unlike that ofthe Johnson patent principally in that the point i of the flap L isremoved so that the flap opening extends down to the-inseam on theright. On the left the seam which joins the seat-piece or rear flap tothe left rear section of the garment, in both instances extends down tothe inseam, the seat-piece or rear flap thus formed being a single pieceof material having two depending points extending down the legs.Referring to this in the terms of the ordinary trousers garment, boththe rear sections 2 e cut away on the side Where the cena necessary"feature of.

spending ter rear seam should be to provide room for the rear flapwhich. covers a considerable area on both sides of the center of therear of the garment. As distinguished from this the applicant in thepreferred form of his invention has evolved a garment in which,referring particularly to the lower or trousers portions, three stationsof the pattern, i. 0., the front and one, preferably the left, rearsection, are similar in form to the corresponding sections of theordinary trousers garment or iunhirdrawers, except that the inseam isthrown well forward, the front; sections being cut away and the rearsections increased correspondiugly to achieve this result and at thesame time give the garment thesame lit which it would have it cut in theordinary manner with the closed crotch and without. the rear llnpopening.

The right rear section is made in two parts, a right rear section properbut cut away to form a real llap opening, and a [lap which is joined tothe left rear section along the central rear seam from the waist as faras the crotch point and to the front section on the right from thecrotch point for a 'few inches down the inseam; The other or free edgeof this llap is curved outward centrally and extends from the crotchseam upward to the center seam, the top of the flap being preferablyjoined to the waistline of the garment. The right rear section is cutaway to form an opening corresponding to the flap, but otherwise issimilar in shape to the corresponding portion of the left rear section.In fact, in the preferred embodiment of the invention the two parts ofthe right rear section when laid together in normal relation, areidentical in form with the left rear sections.

It is important. to note that the rear sections, the left rear sectionbeing a single piece and the right r war section formed of the flap, anda cooperating piece, which when placed in their operative relation, terma pattern similar to the left rear section, are similar in outline tothe corre portions of the usual trousers garment except that the pointsof the. pattern which meet at the crotch point. are clongated and theleg portions are slightly widened, the extra material thus providedbeing turned forward and compensated for by a corresponding preduetionof the front sections. In this way an improved fitting effect isobtained and the flap opening is elongated so that it extends wellforward around the curve of the leg, and by the construction thusobtained, the flap is caused to open and swing in a convenient mannerwhich will be apparent from inspection of the drawing. The peculiaraccessibility aside from the extra length of the flap opening whichresults from moving the inseam forward, is due to the pointed effect inthe rear of the garment obtained by elongating the crotch point ends ofthe rear sections, giving the meeting edges at the rear seam a sharprearward curve. The point thus formed disappears when the garment isworn in the ordinary manner, but when the flap open, it in effect turnsinside out and swings the flap opening inward toward the center of thegarment.

The drawing illustrates a union suit constructed in accordance with myinvention inits preferred form.

Figure 1 is a front elevation. rear elevation. Fig. 8 is a plan. Fig. 4shows the rear sections separated. Fig. is a view showing the rear flapopened, the point formed by turning in the rear sections being turnedinside out to swing the opening to the center. Fig. (3 is a fragmentaryView showing: the right half of the garment folded on a centrallongitudinal plan the left half being: 1(.Ii'1()\(,(l. This the garmentas it would hang if suspended by the top corners of the roar section,the tron! sci-thins being folded in.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, ,each oi which is used to indicatethe same or corresponding parts in the different lipui'os: the garmentillustrated is formed of pieces of non-elastic material. though thenumber of pieces in the general pattern may be varied, and elastic orknitted material may be used within the scope of my invention. There aretwo front sections 1 forming the front of each leg and the correspondinghalf of the upper portion of the garment, a rear section 2' on the leftside of the garment forming" the rear side of the left leg below thewaistline, a right rear section 3 similar to the section 2 but cut awayon the dolled lines 4- leading from a point on the waistline to thecrotch or inseam 22 on the inside of the right leg at 6 three or fourinches from the crotch point, thus forming an opening to be covered bythe rear flap 7. This flap in its preferred form extends from the centerof the waistline at 5 to the crotch point 9, being joined to the leftrear section 2 throughoutth'e' length of the rear seam 10 which iscurved sharply outward and turned in as hereinafter described. Thetopedge of the rear flap i fromthe point 5 to the pointtths sufficientlylong to give the necessary overlap to the closure. It is sewed to thewaistseam 11 and the bottom edge 12 is joined to the front righ section1 along the inside or crotch seam'from the crotch point 9 to the point6. Thus the rear flap 7 which as shown and in its preferred form is afoursicled section, is' fastened on three sides and has a free swing. asto the fourth side 13 which is preferably curved outward from top tobottom, the peak being near the center, and fastened by any suitablemeans as a button and buttonhole 14.

.ln the form of the invention shown the sixth section consists ofasingle piece 15 forming the back of the top portion of the garment,though this is in nowise related to. the invention and the constructionof the entire garment except as to the crotch and rear opening, may bewidely varied without departure from the invention and any material mayhoused.

In the garment shown the top section 15 is joined to the rear sections9. and 3 by means of an elastic band 16 which may be of knit or anysimilar or suitable elastic material. This is to give elasticity to the,garment and freedom of movement to the wearer.

deferring to Fig. 4-, the peculiar construction of'thc roar sectionswill be noted. The left rear section which as shown is a single orrather flat piece of material, is given an excessive curve as to therear scam line 17. as will be u'mlcrstood from Fig. 4-, and this scamand the crotch point 18 of the rear section are elongated to an extentrepreseutcd by the line 18. if), and this section is increased adjacentthe inseam 32 to an extent rc 'ircsentcd by the distance between theline 22 and the line 20 of Fig. 4-. in this way the inseam is thrownwell forward, the front sections being reduced, as shown at 21, 22 inFig. 1, to conform to the increase of the rear section, the edges 23 ofthe rear sections and flap. see Fig. 4, being turned forward and formingin client, a portion of the front of the garment. The rear of thegarment is thus given when hanging loose, the pointed effect illustratedin Fig. 6, the point disappearing; when the garment is worn and themiddle portion of the rear seam is turned outward. to conform to thebody but tending to turn inside out and throw the flap opening overtoward the center of the garment when the rear flap is open as shown inFig, 5. This is an eminently desirable result and one which is notincident to and cannot be obtained with the usual flateseahpieceextending on both sides of the rear of the garment, as will be easilyunderstood by those familiar with the cific terms herein are used intheir descriptive rather than in their limiting sense and the scope ofthe invention is defined in the claims.

I claim-- 1. A closed crotch union under garment having a rear sectionand a rear flap meeting and secured together on a vertical median line,a rear section cut away to form a rear opening, the rear flap and thelast mentioned rear section thus cut away, together forming a sectionsimilar in outline to the first mentioned rear section, the rear medianseam edges of both sections being curved outward sharply at the bottom,the inseam edges of both sections being extended and the garment havingfront sec-- tions with inseam edges correspondingly cut away to move thecrotch or inseam well forward, the front sections being seamed togetheron a median line at the lower portion of the front, and the flap beingsecured to the front section on the same side along the inseam from thecrotch point down to the free edge of the flap, so that when the garmentis hanging free, the rear median seam curves outward to a point, at

which point the rear sections are turned inward to the crotch or inseam,therear flap opening extending from a point well. up the back around thecurve of the leg to the inseam at a point well below the crotch point,so that the flap is wholly on one side of the rear median seam and whenthe rear flap is opened and swung to the left, the point referred tothus formed by the curvature of the rear seam, turns inside out andswings the opening to the middle of the garment.

2. A permanently closed crotch union undergarment provided with a rearopening, said garment comprising front and rear portions, one half ofone rear section extending to the vertical median line and the oppositerear section cut away from said median line, a rear flap having one edgesewed to the first mentioned rear section along such median line from apoint near the waistline downwardly through the crotch and upwardly ashort distance on the front of the garment and thence 'downwardly alongthe inseam of one leg, the opposite edge of such flap being free, thefree edge extending from a point near the waistline to a point on theinseam of the leg a considerable distance below the apex of the crotchwhereby such flap extends from the vertical median line to one side onlyof such garment.

Signed by me at Atlantic City N. J. this' 16 day of'January 1914.

SYDNEY 'JUHN Witnesses:

Mrs.- SYDNEY JUHN, E. WEIIMEYER.

